Sale reports / Indiana / Indianapolis Stockyards / 2020-07-07

Indianapolis Stockyards

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Rockville, Indiana · Tue, Jul 7
● Final22 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 1966
Feeder Cattle receipts
11 head
11 vs last sale 0 59 vs year ago 70 · 84.3%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
187 head
187 vs last sale 0 85 vs year ago 272 · 31.3%
Replacement Cattle receipts
2 head
2 vs last sale 0 2 vs year ago 0 · no sale a year ago
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

This is the first sale to report for Indianapolis stockyards after the covid 19 pandemic. Slaughter steers and heifers were trending lower with lower packer inquiry. Cows and bulls were trading at a good value today. Feeders were too few to get a good trend.

Weight class

Heifers · summary 0–100 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
0–100 lb heifers averaged $123.43/cwt on 7 head.
Average price
$123.43
7 head · 655 lb average
Value per head Derived
$808
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
single grade reported
vs the market
+18.69
vs IN average

What quality paid 0–100 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1655123.438087thin
Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 0–100 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale7 hd
123.43
IN average1 barns · 53 hd
104.73
+18.69
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
BullsAverage1,60481.601,3094thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%High1,31469.3591114
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,21957.777047thin
CowsLean 85-90%Average95033.003141thin
HeifersChoice and PrimeAverage1,244103.041,28241
HeifersChoiceAverage1,11294.771,0534thin
HeifersStandardAverage1,07583.008921thin
SteersChoice and PrimeAverage1,344103.011,38458
SteersChoiceAverage1,36693.621,27937
SteersSelectAverage1,37085.501,1711thin

Every lot, as filed

22 lots · USDA AMS · Indianapolis Stockyards - Rockville, IN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.
ClassGrade / descriptionWeightAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
SteersMedium and Large 186596.00/cwt96.00–96.008303
SteersSelect1,37085.50/cwt85.50–85.501,1711
SteersChoice and Prime1,344103.01/cwt99.00–105.001,38458
SteersChoice1,36693.62/cwt89.50–97.251,27937
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,13475.11/cwt72.00–80.008524
CowsBoner 80-85%1,29855.58/cwt50.00–58.507215
CowsBoner 80-85%1,02063.25/cwt63.25–63.256452
CowsLean 85-90%95033.00/cwt33.00–33.003141
CowsBreaker 75-80%1,38667.04/cwt63.00–71.0092910
Bulls1,56286.97/cwt86.00–87.501,3583
Bulls1,73065.50/cwt65.50–65.501,1331
BullsMedium and Large 1-270085.00/cwt85.00–85.005951
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 2660625.00/cwt625.00–625.004,1251
Cow-Calf PairsMedium and Large 11,110800.00/cwt800.00–800.008,8801
HeifersChoice and Prime1,242103.12/cwt101.75–105.001,28140
HeifersChoice and Prime1,330100.00/cwt100.00–100.001,3301
HeifersMedium and Large 1625133.00/cwt133.00–133.008314
HeifersChoice1,03794.36/cwt93.00–96.009793
HeifersMedium and Large 1665119.00/cwt119.00–119.007912
HeifersChoice1,33596.00/cwt96.00–96.001,2821
HeifersMedium and Large 175594.00/cwt94.00–94.007101
HeifersStandard1,07583.00/cwt83.00–83.008921

How this sale compares

Indiana weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Indiana auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.